What I'm really interested in is Gintoki's childhood. It seems he was already a fighter even before he met his teacher. He probably lost his parents during the war. He probably learned how to fight for his life at such a young age in order to survive. What's interesting is he was very carefree and laid back even when he was a child. Lazily eating in the middle of a battlefield, lol.

Chapter 259, some of the exciting pages.
From one of the pictures, it is the first time Gintoki had some aura. I dunno wad it looks like, but it do gives hints of the power of the White Demon. At least Gintoki fights better than when fighting Housen.

If I wanna compare Housen & Jiraia...
Gintoki won Housen with a lot of help and a bit of luck, proved that he is still far away from defeating a strong Yato. If it is not for the sunlight, Gintoki definately lose. I would rather comment on Jiraia after the arc, but it gives me the impression that Housen is harder, faster and stronger. Would the outcome be different if pissed off Gintoki vs Housen? I still think it is the same.

it's only my mind but i'd rather tsukuyo not to cry because so far she's been a nice fighter-type apart the moment her sidekicks throw kunais at her. I like strong female characters, if she can't keep up with Gin what's the point?!
Please tsukuyo, be strong and cool...

I'll be damned, it's already finished. I thought it would last longer than that. Epic chapter again from Sorachi, I can't wait for the next chapter. It's going to be the aftermath of the match, I expect some good conversations between Gintoki and Tsukuyo. I'm hoping to see more flashbacks about Gintoki's past.

Chapter 261... Jiraia did not die instantly but started to show Jiraia's past. He used to have a sister who looked like Tsukuyo, therefore this taking interest in her at first. Alike Housen, Jiraia also have his soft moments so he is not entirely a psychotic...
Tsukuyo carried Jiraia and still treated him with kindness, after all the incident. Jiraia finally died after seeing Tsukuyo as his sister.

The best moments in this chapter is that Gintoki did the Tittz grabbing action towards Tsukuyo again~

Chapter 261... Jiraia did not die instantly but started to show Jiraia's past. He used to have a sister who looked like Tsukuyo, therefore this taking interest in her at first. Alike Housen, Jiraia also have his soft moments so he is not entirely a psychotic...
Tsukuyo carried Jiraia and still treated him with kindness, after all the incident. Jiraia finally died after seeing Tsukuyo as his sister.

The best moments in this chapter is that Gintoki did the Tittz grabbing action towards Tsukuyo again~

Yeah,... I don't know....there must be some kind of magnetism between Gin's hand and Tsukki's breast...he always ends up with his hand there HAHAHAHA...Damn, that's so funny, cute, shameful...but I guess it was the best way to cheer up her mood

...but there's something that cought my attention....When Gin and Hattori were watching the moon, Hattori said "Makes me wonder, if my pops was still alive...Would I be able to bear his weight?" and Gin answered "I do too..."
was he referring to his real pop or his teacher...or was his teacher really his dad?? I'm confused

canuchita wrote:
Yeah,... I don't know....there must be some kind of magnetism between Gin's hand and Tsukki's breast...he always ends up with his hand there HAHAHAHA...Damn, that's so funny, cute, shameful...but I guess it was the best way to cheer up her mood

...but there's something that cought my attention....When Gin and Hattori were watching the moon, Hattori said "Makes me wonder, if my pops was still alive...Would I be able to bear his weight?" and Gin answered "I do too..."was he referring to his real pop or his teacher...or was his teacher really his dad?? I'm confused

He was referring to his teacher since it was about students being able to carry their teacher's burden.

So the next chapter is about Gintoki taking Tsukuyo up on the surface, so it's sort of a continuation of this arc. Tsukuyo is starting get more attention in the manga, I think it's because she has a large fanbase. I'm hoping for lots of comedic scenes in the next chapter. What if Sa-chan sees Gintoki walking around with Tsukuyo, all hell would break lose. Kunoichi fight anyone?